Jazz Articles about Tim ODell

Tim O'Dell & Tatsu Aoki: Ancient Pines

by Jerry D'Souza
December 7, 2005

Much of the music on Ancient Pines was improvised, which turns out to be just fine for the agile minds of Tim O'Dell and Tatsu Aoki. Both have the ability to pick up a thread and unravel it in distinct patterns, a craft that is stimulated by the empathy they share. O'Dell is an open, lyrical player who can unfurl a wide range of ideas at a dizzying pace. Aoki, as he has shown over the vast range of his ...

Tim O'Dell: Before My Life

by James Nichols
August 1, 2001

Saxophonist Tim O’Dell’s Before My Life takes the listener on an odyssey through most of the jazz styles of the past 40 years. An exploratory album, Tim O’Dell still finds an easy cohesion despite juxtaposing so many raw elements.

From the opening “Id," (an oblation to Filles De Kilimanjaro era Miles Davis) O’Dell moves into freer territory ultimately ending in a trombone and saxophone duet called simply “Etude". The hypnotic “Free by twelve," however, provides the highlight of the album. ...